Level of social discontent has deep roots in Costa Rica
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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The social unrest currently facing Costa Rica has deep roots in the level of unemployment and increases in the cost of living, precisely now that a new package of taxes was introduced yesterday.
On the other hand, President Carlos Alvarado's support for the human rights of the LGBTI was seen by his detractors as a major error that yesterday cost the government the dismissal of Edgar Mora, minister for Education, La República reports in Spanish.